[CPEO-BIF] Green Tech Station brownfield, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Once a brownfield, this site on Milwaukee's north side has become an environmental wonderland

By La Risa R. Lynch
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI)
November 27, 2023

What once was a barren, contaminated brownfield near the 30th Street Industrial Corridor is now a lush greenspace with native plants, trees and walking paths.

But the three-acre site and its flora do more than attract birds and pollinators. It's an open-air classroom and environmental laboratory to help residents, students and even researchers learn about stormwater management and sustainable green technologies.

That’s the premise of Green Tech Station, 4101 N. 31st St.

It was developed through a partnership between the Northwest Side Community Development Corp.; Reflo, a nonprofit focused on sustainable water use; and the city of Milwaukee.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2023/11/27/milwaukees-green-tech-station-is-an-environmental-wonderland/71263580007/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org





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